devil's purse
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mermaidpurse.jpg/220px-Mermaidpurse.jpg)
Noun
[edit]devil's purse (plural devil's purses)
- The egg case of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes).
Synonyms
[edit]- (egg case): mermaid's purse, sea-purse
Further reading
[edit]Egg case (Chondrichthyes) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia